FlatRate Moving Case Study

Digital Platform for New York's
Number One Moving Company
Website homepage for FlatRate Moving showing moving trucks on a city street with the text 'The Most Recommended NYC Movers.' Navigation includes options for local moving, long distance, storage, international, office, luxury moving, and box store. A form for stress-free local moving is visible, with fields for Moving From New York City, NY, Moving To Brooklyn, NY, Move Date Oct 30, 2019, and Home Size, plus a red 'Get Free Quote' button.

Client Overview

FlatRate, New York’s top moving and logistics company, is innovating its industry with best-in-class service and technology. They were looking to redesign their overall web and mobile experience and increase their SEO performance.

Website homepage showing San Francisco Storage with a tagline about quality personal storage for Golden Gate City residents, a form for a free moving quote with fields for from, to, move date, and size, and a red button to get the quote or call now. Next to it is a mobile screen displaying 'Locate My Truck' with a map, location updates every 3-5 minutes, and a delivery tracking list including origin, stop, destination, and delivered status with dates and addresses in New York City.

Project Goal

FlatRate’s website had multiple problems including site usability, accessibility, SEO performance, slow page speed due to which they decided to make changes to the site.

The goal of this project was to redesign the experience, boost their SEO, standardize their style guide across the board and solve accessibility and ADA compliance issues.

Services Provided

Product logo
Product Management, Product Development and SEO Optimization
UX Logo
Mobile and Web User Experience and Interface Design
Implementing 50+ Unique Templates and booking forms
Desktop, mobile, tablet development refactored with overall codebase

Approach

Step 1

Daily meetings and UX research with the FlatRate team and daily communication using Slack Channel.

Step 2

We created the product designs and provided handoffs using InVision which is an online whiteboard and productivity platform.

Step 3

After completing the agile software development with softwares like javascript which included requirement discovery and solution improvement, we completed the deployment process on the live product.

Tools

jQuery logo
Jquery
Figma logo
Figma
Webflow logo
WordPress
Shopify logo
Shopify
HTML logo
HTML
CSS logo
CSS
JavaScript logo
Javascript
Semrush logo
Semrush

Solution

Re-design

Through the architecture and redesign of primary and secondary pages, we were able to define a style guide, make changes to the copy to make it more customer-centric, and improve the visual hierarchy. This allowed us to maintain consistency in the design. The design process included building a new booking form, navigation process, and footer for the website.

Website page for FlatRate corporate moving services featuring a sign-up form offering a 5% discount on the Corporate Moving Services Package, free box delivery, and a dedicated team. The Corporate Moving Package section highlights a project manager, custom project schedule, and floor plan review. The page includes a FAQ section answering questions on insurance, delivery timing, and calls before delivery. Footer lists company locations, services, company info, advantages, moving tips, and local moving options with contact number and privacy policy.

Content Updates

SEO audit resulted in content updates and prioritizing content within each page. We also made updates to the navigation with the new page design.

Website section titled Additional Services outlining extra options for corporate moving: Overnight Storage holding items short-term until new office ready, Overnight Moving providing night move to avoid office closing, Assembly & Disassembly by carpentry team for furniture or installations, and IT Installation of TV and electronics on moving day, with a call to action to reserve storage units at the bottom.

Responsive Designs

​We looked into providing users with the ability to view and edit the details of their moves on their mobile devices. The design process included condensing a large amount of information into mobile screens while reducing the need to scroll by organizing the details in a comprehensive way.

Screenshots of a moving service app showing features like move scheduling confirmation, inventory review with furniture and boxes, adding and editing items with photos and descriptions, special handling requests for oversized art, tracking move steps, and helpful moving information with app download links.

Results

After the launch of the new homepage redesign, Flatrate’s SEO performance improved by over 50% with keyword rankings moving up in position. With the success of the redesign throughout each phase, now FlatRate is able to provide its customers with a great moving experience on both web and mobile.